2015 League1 Ontario season

The 2015 Men's League1 Ontario season was the second season of play for League1 Ontario, a Division 3 semi-professional soccer league in the Canadian soccer pyramid and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Ontario.

This article is about the men's season. For the women's season, see 2015 Women's League1 Ontario season.
League1 Ontario
Men's Division
Season2015
ChampionsOakville Blue Devils
Cup championsWoodbridge Strikers
Matches played132
Goals scored503 (3.81 per match)
Top goalscorerAdonijah Reid
Filipe Vilela
(20 goals)
Biggest home winDurham 8–0 ProStars
(17 July 2015)
Sigma 8–0 Master's
(18 July 2015)
Biggest away winSanjaxx 0–7 Vaughan
(14 June 2015)
ProStars 1–8 Kingston
(17 October 2015)
← 2014
2016 →

This season saw the return of all nine teams which completed the previous season, as well as the addition of three new teams for the Men's Division.[1] The 2015 season also marked the birth of League1 Ontario's Women's Division, which starts play with seven teams.[2]

Changes from 2014

Three new teams (Oakville Blue Devils, Pro Stars FC, and Sanjaxx Lions) joined the Men's Division for this season, resulting in a twelve-team competition for that side. As a result, the group stage of the Men's cup will change from two five-team groups to four three-team groups.

The Cataraqui Clippers changed their name to the Kingston Clippers starting in this season.

Teams
ANB Futbol
Kingston
Durham
Oakville
Pro Stars
Windsor
TORONTO
Location of teams outside of Toronto for the 2015 League1 Ontario season.
Master's FA
Sanjaxx
Sigma / NMSC
TFC Academy
Vaughan
Woodbridge
Location of teams in or near Toronto for the 2015 League1 Ontario season.
TeamCityStadium
ANB FutbolKing City, ONThe Country Day School
Durham United FCPickering, ONKinsmen Park
Kingston ClippersKingston, ONTindall Field, Queen's University
Master's Futbol AcademyToronto, ONL'Amoreaux Park
Oakville Blue DevilsOakville, ONSheridan Stadium
ProStars FCBrampton, ONVictoria Park
Sanjaxx LionsToronto, ONEsther Shiner Stadium
Sigma FCMississauga, ONHershey Centre
Toronto FC AcademyToronto, ONKIA Training Ground
Vaughan AzzurriMaple, ONMcNaughton Park
Windsor StarsWindsor, ONMcHugh Park
Woodbridge StrikersWoodbridge, ONVaughan Grove

Source:[3]

Standings

Each team will play 22 matches as part of the season; one home and one away against every other team in the league. There are no playoffs at the end of the season; the first-place team will be crowned as league champion and will face the PLSQ league champion in the Inter-Provincial Cup.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Oakville Blue Devils (C) 22 17 2 3 57 18 +39 53 Inter-Provincial Cup
2 Woodbridge Strikers (X) 22 15 2 5 44 16 +28 47
3 Vaughan Azzurri 22 12 7 3 55 22 +33 43
4 Sigma FC 22 12 6 4 62 33 +29 42
5 Toronto FC Academy 22 13 1 8 61 37 +24 40
6 ANB Futbol 22 12 3 7 50 28 +22 39
7 Durham United FC 22 11 3 8 44 29 +15 36
8 Windsor Stars 22 7 6 9 39 43 −4 27
9 Kingston Clippers 22 4 6 12 33 50 −17 18
10 ProStars FC 22 4 3 15 24 78 −54 15
11 Sanjaxx Lions 22 3 0 19 14 66 −52 9
12 Master's FA 22 1 3 18 20 83 −63 6
Source: http://www.league1ontario.com/page/standings
(C) Champion; (X) L1 Cup winner.

Cup
2015 League1 Ontario Cup
Men's Division
Trophy presented to the champions of the League1 Ontario Cup
CountryCanada
DatesMay 20 – August 9, 2015
Teams12
ChampionsWoodbridge Strikers
Runners-upSigma FC
Matches played19
Goals scored82 (4.32 per match)

The cup tournament is a separate contest from the rest of the season, in which all twelve teams from the men's division take part. It is not a form of playoffs at the end of the season (as is typically seen in North American sports), but is more like the Canadian Championship or the FA Cup, albeit only for League1 Ontario teams. All matches are separate from the regular season, and are not reflected in the season standings.

The cup tournament for the men's division consists of two phases. The first phase is a group phase, where four groups of three teams play in a single round-robin format. From each group, the top two teams advance to the knockout phase, which consists of a quarterfinal, semifinal, and final.

Each match in the group stage must return a result; any match drawn after 90 minutes will advance directly to kicks from the penalty mark, with the winner receiving two points in the standings, while the loser receives one point.[4] Likewise, any knockout round matches which are tied after full time head directly to penalty kicks instead of extra time.[5]

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VGN KNG MAS
1 Vaughan Azzurri 2 2 0 0 0 8 1 +7 6 Advance to knockout stage — — 4–0
2 Kingston Clippers 2 1 0 0 1 5 7 −2 3 1–4 — —
3 Master's FA 2 0 0 0 2 3 8 −5 0 — 3–4 —
Source: http://www.league1ontario.com/page/l1-cup-standings

Group B

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SIG ANB OAK
1 Sigma FC 2 1 0 0 1 6 4 +2 3 Advance to knockout stage — — 1–2
2 ANB Futbol 2 1 0 0 1 4 5 −1 3 2–5 — —
3 Oakville Blue Devils 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 3 — 0–2 —
Source: http://www.league1ontario.com/page/l1-cup-standings

Group C

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WDB DUR SAN
1 Woodbridge Strikers 2 2 0 0 0 5 2 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage — 2–1 —
2 Durham United FC 2 1 0 0 1 7 2 +5 3 — — 6–0
3 Sanjaxx Lions 2 0 0 0 2 1 9 −8 0 1–3 — —
Source: http://www.league1ontario.com/page/l1-cup-standings

Group D

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PRO WSR TFC
1 ProStars FC 2 1 1 0 0 7 3 +4 5 Advance to knockout stage — 2–1 (p) —
2 Windsor Stars 2 1 0 1 0 6 4 +2 4 — — 5–2
3 Toronto FC Academy 2 0 0 0 2 4 10 −6 0 2–5 — —
Source: http://www.league1ontario.com/page/l1-cup-standings

Knockout stage
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
Vaughan Azzurri 1
ANB Futbol 3
ANB Futbol 1
Sigma FC 3
Sigma FC 6
Kingston Clippers 2
Sigma FC 1
Woodbridge Strikers 2
Woodbridge Strikers 2
Windsor Stars 1
Woodbridge Strikers 0 (7)
Durham United FC 0 (6)
ProStars FC 1 (4)
Durham United FC 1 (5)
Quarterfinals
July 23, 2015 Vaughan Azzurri1–3ANB FutbolMaple, Ontario
7:00 pm Arnone  65' Report Reid  8'
 67' (o.g.)
Mills  87'		 Stadium: McNaughton Park
July 22, 2015 Sigma FC6–2Kingston ClippersMississauga, Ontario
7:00 pm Lee  14'
Halis  32'
Hanson  61'
Zajac  66'
Mrabure  79'
Nanco  82'		 Report Martin  76'
Piccioli  87'		 Stadium: Hershey Centre
July 19, 2015 Woodbridge Strikers2–1Windsor StarsWoodbridge, Ontario
7:00 pm Zwane  17'
Farquharson  75'		 Report Ademolu  28' Stadium: Vaughan Grove
July 22, 2015 ProStars FC1–1
(4–5 p)		Durham United FCBrampton, Ontario
8:00 pm Allen  34' Report Zuppo  8' Stadium: Victoria Park
Penalties
Theobald
Fayehun
Allen
Piccinin
Allen
Mickallef
Mickallef 		Zupo
Stowell
Tarazhi
Dover
Moncrieffe
Young
Oliveira
Semifinals
August 4, 2015 Sigma FC3–1ANB FutbolMississauga, Ontario
9:00 pm Laryea  12'
Nanco  17', 62'		 Report Iannicito  74' Stadium: Hershey Centre
July 29, 2015 Woodbridge Strikers0–0
(7–6 p)		Durham United FCWoodbridge, Ontario
9:00 pm Report Stadium: Vaughan Grove
Penalties






Final
Woodbridge Strikers2–1Sigma FC
Bygrave  19'
Cavallini  56'		 Report Kalonji  89'
Ontario Soccer Centre, Vaughan, Ontario

Top goalscorers

This table includes goals scored in all competitions, including both league and cup matches.

As of October 28, 2015[6]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Adonijah Reid ANB Futbol 20
Filipe Vilela Oakville Blue Devils 20
3 Joey Cicchillo Vaughan Azzurri 16
4 Cyrus Rollocks TFC Academy 14
5 Christian Cavalllini Woodbridge Strikers 12
Marcel Zajac Sigma FC 12
7 Ryan McCurdy Kingston Clippers 11
8 Belrum Vartanian ANB Futbol 10
9 Leaford Allen ProStars FC 9
Michael Pio Windsor Stars 9
Tom Winski ProStars FC 9

References
  1. "League1 Ontario Announces 12-Team 2015 Men's Division". League1 Ontario. Archived from the original on 2015-04-17. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  2. "League1 And OSA Announce 2015 Women's Division". League1 Ontario. Archived from the original on 2015-03-03. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  3. "2015 League1 Men's Division Schedule Finalized". League1 Ontario. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  4. "2015 L1 Cup Standings". League1 Ontario. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  5. "ProStars FC on Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  6. "Scoring leaders". League1 Ontario. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
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